Re: Fully unrolled RC5 on FPGA

First of all kudos to all on the design closure.
The project board is sounding more and more
like an off the shelf development board; which 
already has PCI, PCI-x, ethernet, serial, USB, 
etc. etc.
One of the things bothering me is the cost of 
the hard-ware. For RC-5 to be a mass project,
the cost of the hw must be significantly lower
than a PC.
This means that the target FPGA chip should
be a low cost one (i.e. Spartan3 type).
What kind of performance can we get on that?

David

----- Original Message ----
From: todthgie <[email protected]>
To: Hardware <hardware-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 9:47:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Hardware] Fully unrolled RC5 on FPGA


I think that if we manage to keep the board as versatile as possible and add 
some common stuf like memmory and also some
interfaces (like ethernet usb ect and maybe route the unused pins to a 
header) and is also usable outside of a pc there might be a LOT of people 
interesed
also outside of dnet. because i think that there are a lot of ppl out there 
that want to experiment with high speed data prossesing and dsp.
and if its around $400 ist comparable to a board elektor sels (but i guess 
that that board has a smaller fpga)
i have one of them and the biggest problem that i have is there are almost 
no free pins to connect stuff like a high speed adc to.
if this modules has a lot of connection options and a fast fpga for around 
$400 i might be buying one or more for som projects of mine.
i think we somehome agree on what to include on the board.
Reinder de Haan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John L. Bass" <jbass-/[email protected]>
To: <hardware-Ra3b/QYEcJ3d140v2zMXi0fjHoOT/h/[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 20:07
Subject: Re: [Hardware] Fully unrolled RC5 on FPGA


> Nobody even said they want to tackle
> the job of designing a board.
> --
> Martin K
>
> Actually I voluteered to provide significant help ... starter layout with
> 3.3V pci form factor.  Group effort to evolve the design, design check,
> and reach concensus for a group effort.
>
> I can do fab in my lab for short runs (<20 pieces) ... bigger than that
> it can be handed to a contract mfg shop for batch builds. CM fees are
> probably around $50-100/board for assembly.
>
> John
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